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  • 1998
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 1998
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary Smooth-talking American Dylan (Futterman) and his English friend Jez (Townsend), with the help of bright young typist Georgie (Becknisale) fleece as many wealthy people as it takes to buy themselves the stately home of their dreams. They run a scam involving selling bogus voice-activated computer hardware to company executives.

Directed By: Stefan Schwartz

Written By: Richard Holmes, Stefan Schwartz

  • 1998
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 1998
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 49 m

Shooting Fish

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary Smooth-talking American Dylan (Futterman) and his English friend Jez (Townsend), with the help of bright young typist Georgie (Becknisale) fleece as many wealthy people as it takes to buy themselves the stately home of their dreams. They run a scam involving selling bogus voice-activated computer hardware to company executives.

Directed By: Stefan Schwartz

Written By: Richard Holmes, Stefan Schwartz

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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
10 Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
47
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
10 Reviews
14% Negative
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70
Though the script never makes a convincing case for the lads as '90s Robin Hoods, it's restlessly inventive, with a pleasant, rather than rib-cracking, humor and likable touch of naivete.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
60
As a cute diversion, it's a pleasant, painless, wonderfully forgettable surprise.
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60
The leads are all likable, albeit two-dimensional, and the rompish surreal texture of the film, makes it stylishly hip and humorous, almost like an episode of "The Monkees."
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50
Shooting Fish wants to hang with the hip crowd--witness the vibrant colors, the flashy camera work and the stream of catchy pop songs--but its heart just isn't wild enough.
By Paul Malcolm FULL REVIEW
50
This aggressively whimsical fairy tale about a pair of grown-up orphans who rob from the rich to give to the poor (themselves!) and end up living happily ever after darts forward so quickly that several major plot turns are dispensed with in 10 or 15 seconds of babble.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
40
A predictable affair that nonetheless ingratiates itself into your good fortunes by sheer virtue of its amiable nuttiness. It's mindless fun while it lasts.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
25
Aspires to the breezy esprit of a Richard Lester comedy from the '60s, but it's a deadly, leaden affair.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gruber Bros, Tomboy Films, Winchester Multimedia PLC, Arts Council of England, National Lottery
Release Date May 1, 1998
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating PG
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Tagline As con artists they were hard to beat. But they were easy targets for LOVE.
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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